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Event designed to make giving gifts to children who are sick during the holidays easier

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) —

To make the donation of toys and other gifts easier for generous businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals who would like to make the season brighter for hospitalized infants, children, teens and other pediatric patients, UC Davis is offering donors the opportunity to drive-up and drop-off donations for the holidays.

Drive-up and drop-off events make donating gifts to hospitalized children easier.

Gifts can be dropped off in the circular driveway of the UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento, on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 17 and 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Dec. 19 through 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donors will be greeted in the driveway by children's hospital staff.

"We really appreciate all our donors and wanted to make their gift-giving easier," said Diana Sundberg, manager of the UC Davis Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department. "Our donors' thoughtfulness will make an important difference in the lives of many families who have a sick child in the hospital during the holiday season."

The gifts will brighten the holidays for hospitalized children, including children in the pediatric emergency department and children treated in outpatient clinics and at the UC Davis MIND Institute, which researches and treats neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism.

Toys and gifts also will be used in the various hospital playrooms and waiting areas throughout the year. Please note: Even slightly used toys cannot be accepted because of infection-control precautions.

UC Davis Children's Hospital is the Sacramento region's only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital for children, serving infants, children, adolescents and young adults with primary, subspecialty and critical care. It includes the Central Valley's only pediatric emergency department and Level I pediatric trauma center, which offers the highest level of care for critically ill children. The 129-bed children's hospital includes the state-of-the-art 49-bed neonatal and 24-bed pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiac intensive care units. With more than 120 physicians in 33 subspecialties, UC Davis Children's Hospital has more than 74,000 clinic and hospital visits and 13,000 emergency department visits each year. For more information, visit children.ucdavis.edu.